Tasha Sews

Pattern Review: Simplicity 1167 Take a moment everyone...I made some trousers!  To prolong my enjoyment of Mimi G patterns that I bought on sale last year, I decided to try View B of  Simplicity 1167 . The only time I have made 'proper' trousers (not my pajama pants  here ) I completed a muslin and decided they weren't for me. However, we currently have a Random Project sew-a-long with my sewing group, where you complete a random pattern from your stash purely to see how it will turn out, with no pre-planning.  I loved the pattern envelope and combined with the excellent reviews on Pattern Review I decided to take a chance. The fabric is a stretch fabric, a bit thinner than a ponte knit with a textured flower print. It was around £7 per yard and purchased from  The Textile Centre  in Walthamstow. I love the textured print as it makes a simple pair of black trousers extra special. The fabric was really easy to work with and is very comfortab...

Pattern Review: Simplicity 1370 & 1167 I have an absence of wardrobe classics at the moment, particularly black tops. I picked up Mimi G's Simplicity 1167 pattern on sale last year and decided to try out the high-low tank top. The high low feature makes it a bit different to a normal tank top and is very on trend. The fabric is a stretch jersey crepe. I am pretty sure that I picked this up at a London market although I can't remember which one!  I found that I really liked the shape of the tank of top. It has a good amount of shaping throughout the waist which works for me. I found that the armbands and neckbands are too small for the top. I used stated amount of seam allowances but you can see from the creases that there is too much fabric in there. That said it would be easy enough to fix for next time.  You can see below that I will need to do a swayback adjustment. Although there are lots of issues with this top I do like it. It was a very quick ma...